Animation of results

You will animate the analysis results. First create a scale factor animation of the third eigenmode. Then create a time-history animation of the transient results.

This task shows you how to:

Create a scale factor animation of an eigenmode

  1. From the main menu bar, select AnimateScale Factor; or use the tool in the toolbox.

    Abaqus/CAE displays the third mode shape and steps through different deformation scale factors ranging from 0 to 1.

    Abaqus/CAE also displays the movie player controls on the right side of the context bar.

  2. In the context bar, click to pause the animation.

Create a time-history animation of the transient results

  1. From the main menu bar, select ResultActive Steps/Frames to select which frames will be active in the history animation.

    Abaqus/CAE displays the Active Steps/Frames dialog box.

  2. Toggle the step names so that only the second step (Transient modal dynamics) is selected.

  3. Click OK to accept the selection and to close the dialog box.

  4. From the main menu bar, select AnimateTime History; or use the tool from the toolbox.

    Abaqus/CAE steps through each available frame of the second step. The state block indicates the current step and increment throughout the animation. After the last increment of this step is reached, the animation process repeats itself.

  5. You can customize the deformed shape plot while the animation is running.

    1. Display the Common Plot Options dialog box.
    2. Choose Uniform from the Deformation Scale Factor field.
    3. Enter 15.0 as the deformation scale factor value.
    4. Click Apply to apply your change.

      Abaqus/CAE now steps through the frames in the second step with a deformation scale factor of 15.0.

    5. Choose Auto-compute from the Deformation Scale Factor field.
    6. Click OK to apply your change and to close the Common Plot Options dialog box.

      Abaqus/CAE now steps through the frames in the second step with a default deformation scale factor of 0.8.